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The Energy Research Triangle (ERT), a partnership between USTAR and the Governor’s Office of Energy Development (OED), is pleased to announce the grant awardees of its most recent round of funding. This round focused on energy technologies that could make an impact on Utah’s air and water challenges. To aid in the transfer of these technologies to the community, applicants had to provide a letter of interest obtained from a Utah business.

ERT offers competitive grants in two categories: the ERT-Professor and the ERT-Scholars grants.

“The ERT-Professor grant encourages Utah’s universities to collaborate on an innovative technology solution to Utah’s energy challenges,” said Ivy Estabrooke, Ph.D., USTAR executive director. “The ERT-Scholars grant establishes a pipeline of talent from Utah’s research universities to Utah’s energy industry by awarding highly-motivated students who show potential to be leaders in their field.”

The ERT-Professor grant requires at least three Utah universities to collaborate on an issue specific to Utah’s energy and natural resource landscape. The ERT-Scholars grant encourages training of Utah’s next generation of energy researchers.

“We are proud to accelerate innovative energy solutions through the Energy Research Triangle,” said Laura Nelson, Ph.D, the Governor’s energy advisor and executive director of the Governor’s Office of Energy Development. “The educational and research excellence brought forward through ERT provides new and important pathways for realizing Governor Herbert’s vision for energy and minerals development in Utah, powering our future at home and delivering new opportunities globally.”